Midnight blue flecked with gold, clear water blue, blue-gray crossed by a flash of light: “blue stone bracelet” covers very different stones, each with its own story and its own way of playing with light. The best part is finding the one that feels like you.
Which blue?
Lapis lazuli is a deep blue scattered with gold flecks, like a night sky: the “Expression” bracelet uses it on its own, in 6, 8 or 10 mm beads. Labradorite looks gray in the shade, then lights up blue and gold as you move your wrist: see it on “Protection Shield”, or on “Refuge” with golden obsidian. Hawk's eye, the blue cousin of tiger's eye, has a band of light that slides across its surface. Apatite brings an intense blue and amazonite soft, clear-water tones: both join lapis lazuli on the “Ocean” bracelet.
What their names mean
Lapis lazuli combines the Latin lapis, stone, and the Persian lazward, azure: “the azure stone”. Ground to a powder, it made the ultramarine blue that Vermeer saved for the fabrics in his paintings. Labradorite is named after the Canadian peninsula where it was described in 1770. Apatite comes from the Greek apatan, “to deceive”, because it was long mistaken for other gems. Amazonite owes its name to the Amazon river, where people wrongly believed it was found, and aquamarine to the Latin aqua marina, sea water.
Blue, the color of the voice
It's no accident that so many blue stones are linked to the throat chakra, the center of self-expression. Lapis lazuli is the stone for finding the right words, apatite for seeing projects through, amazonite for speaking gently. Labradorite and hawk's eye belong with the protection stones, and hawk's eye is seen as an eye that keeps watch. A good gift for someone about to speak in public or start something new.
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